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e, or other sharp instrument; to pierce, open, or loosen, as if with a spade. Be first to dig the ground. Dryden.

One who marries a second time; a deuterogamist. Hammond.

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Having the digamma or its representative letter or sound; as, the Latin word vis is a digammated form of the Greek . Andrews.

Pertaining to a second marriage, that is, one after the death of the first wife or the first husband.

Act, or state, of being twice married; deuterogamy. [R.]

Pertaining to the digastric muscle of the lower jaw; as, the digastric nerves.

A division of Trematoda in which alternate generations occur, the immediate young not resembling their parents.

The faculty of multiplying in two ways; -- by ova fecundated by spermatic fluid, and asexually, as by buds. See Parthenogenesis.

Sexually reproductive. Digenous reproduction. (Biol.) Same as Digenesis.

Digesting. [Obs.] Bailey.

ly; to work over and classify; to reduce to portions for ready use or application; as, to digest the laws, etc. Joining them together and digesting them into order. Blair. We have cause to be glad that matters are so well digested. Shak.

In a digested or well-arranged manner; methodically.

One who digests.

The quality of being digestible.

Capable of being digested.

The quality of being digestible; digestibility.

The act or process of digesting; reduction to order; classification; thoughtful consideration.

Pertaining to digestion; having the power to cause or promote digestion; as, the digestive ferments. Digestive cheese and fruit there sure will be. B. Jonson. Digestive apparatus, the organs of food digestion, esp. the alimentary canal and glands connected with it. -- Digestive salt, the chloride of potassium.…

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